Treasure Hunt What does the Lord mean when he swears by his right hand and by his strong arm? What is the right way to enjoy God s blessings? What does the standard tell the peoples to do? What reward does the Lord Jesus get for his work? What two things do we learn about our salvation when God calls us holy and redeemed? 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 2
Overview of Isaiah 58-66 False vs. True Worship Indictment & Confession 58:1-14 66:1-24 59:1-15a 63:7-65:25 The Redeemer 59:15b-21 63:1-7 Zion's Glory (2fs) 60:1-22 62:1-12 The Redeemer 61:1-11 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 3
1-12, Promises to Zion 1-7, The Redeemer Speaks to Zion 1-2a, Metaphors about Light (link to ch. 60) 2b-3, Feudal Metaphors 4-5, Marriage Metaphors 6-7, Civil Metaphors: Watchmen and Heralds 8-12, The Watchmen and Heralds answer 8-9, The Heralds report God s word to Israel The Structure of Isaiah 62 10a, The Watchmen announce the coming of Israel 10b, The Watchmen announce the coming of the Gentiles 11-12, The Heralds report God s word to the Gentiles 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 4
ABba Chiasms Chiastic in one feature (Heralds vs. Watchmen) Linear development in another (from People to Peoples) A B b a Isa 62:8-12 Rom 2:6-11 8 The LORD hath sworn..., Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies;... 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the peoples. 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion,... 6 [God] will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 5
8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand... Gen 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: Heb 6:13 because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 6
The Curse of Deut 28 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 7
Overview of ch. 49-57 The Lord and his Servant The Lord and the Woman The Lord and his Servant The Lord and his People 49:1-13 Lord Servant Mother Zion 49:14-50:3 50:4-9 Lord Servant 50:10-51:8 55:1-57:21 52:13-53:12 Lord People about the Servant Barren Sarah 54:1-17 51:9-52:12 The Watchman s Call Arm of the Lord 51:9-16 52:10-12 Jerusalem 51:17-23 52:9 Zion 52:1-6 52:7-8 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 8
The Watchman s Call Isa 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. Isa 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Isa 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; Isa 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 9
A Standard for the Peoples נס עמים 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the peoples; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 49:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the peoples: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. נס גויים 5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: [coming to bring judgment] 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Purpose: 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 10
Salvation is a Person 62:11 40:10 Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work [wage] before him. Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work [wage] before him. What is his reward? Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 11
Two Facets of Salvation Isa 62:12 Eph 2:8-10 Tit 3:5-8 The Redeemed of the Lord The Holy People 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. 04/13/13 Copyright 2013, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. www.cyber-chapel.org 12